title: Politics, power struggles a part of divestiture battle for university hospitals.
abstract: For hospitals, cutting legal and financial ties with a state or university is no easy thing to do. Just ask Dennis Brimhall, president of the University of Colorado Hospital, Denver. Converting his public hospital to a private not-for-profit corporation took more than two years of planning and four months of intensive lobbying. However, Brimhall and other executives who have fought similar battles say that the hard-won competitive advantage was worth the fight.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnsson
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003120:Colorado; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000639:trends*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010067:Ownership / Q000639:trends; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States